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At The Emmy Awards: Kiefer Sutherland Wins Best Actor For 24; HBO Is The Big Winner with 26 Trophies
By: Heide Winkenwerder
LOS ANGELES, Aug 28, 2006/ FW/ --- Finally, Kiefer Sutherland has the much-coveted and well-deserved Emmy. The 40-year old actor who plays counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer in Fox’s ‘24’ was named Best Actor for A Drama Series at last night’s Emmy Awards.
Sutherland, who already has a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series, accepted the well-deserved Emmy saying “Every once in a while you'll have an evening that just reminds you that you're given too much, and this is that evening. This experience that has been `24' has been nothing short of remarkable for me.”
Other Lead Actor winners are:
Mariska Hargitay for ‘Law & order: Special Victims Unit’ - Best Actress in a Drama Series
Andre Braugher for ‘Thief’ – Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Helen Mirren for ‘Elizabeth I’ - Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Tony Shalhoub for ‘Monk’ – Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’ – Best Actress in a Comedy Series
In addition to Emmys in 27 categories announced last night, Emmys in 68 other categories and areas for programs and individual achievements were presented at the Creative Arts Awards on August 19, 2006 from the Shrine Auditorium.
For the networks, the big winner is HBO with 26 wins, followed by NBC with 14, ABC (11), Fox (10) and CBS bringing home 9 trophies.
Below are the winners as announced:
Best Drama Series
24 (FOX)
Best Made for Television Movie
The Girl In The Café (HBO)
Best Miniseries
Elizabeth I (HBO)
Best Comedy Series
The Office (NBC)
Best Reality/Competition Program
The Amazing Race – CBS
Best Actress – Miniseries or Movie
Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I (HBO)
Best Actress – Drama Series
Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Best Actress – Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Best Actor – Drama Series
Keifer Sutherland – 24 (FOX)
Best Actor – Miniseries or Movie
Andre Braugher – ‘Thief’ (FX Network)
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or Movie
Jeremy Iron – Elizabeth I (HBO)
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or Movie
Kelly Macdonald – The Girl In the Café (HBO)
Best Actor – Comedy Series
Tony Shalhoub – ‘Monk’ (USA)
Best Supporting Actor – Comedy Series
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)
Best Supporting Actress – Comedy Series
Megan Mullally – Will & Grace (NBC)
Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series
Alan Alda – The West Wing (NBC)
Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series
Blythe Danner – Huff
Best Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Steweart (Comedy Central)
Best Director – Comedy Series
Marc Buckland – My Name Is Earl (NBC)
Best Writer – Comedy Series
Greg Garcia – My Name Is Earl (NBC)
Best Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
Barry Manilow
Best Director – Drama Series
Jon Cassar – 24 (FOX)
Best Writer – Drama Series
Terence Winter – The Sopranos (HBO)
Best Director – Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
Louis J. Horvitz – 78th Academy Awards (ABC)
Best Director – Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Tom Hooper – Elizabeth I (HBO)
Best Writer – Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Richard Curtis – The Girl In The Café (HBO)
Best Writer For A Variety, Music or Comedy Program
David Javerbaum, Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Stephen Colbert, Eric Drysdale, J.R. Havlan, Scot Jacobson, Ben Karlin, Rob Kutner, Sam Means, Chris Regan, Jason Reich, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart – The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
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